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Laetare Sunday (Church Latin: ; Classical Latin: [lae̯ˈtaːre]; English: / l iː ˈ t ɛər i /) is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration within the austere period of Lent.
Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent; Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent; Of these, the better known is Laetare Sunday, and if reference is made to a single "Refreshment Sunday" or "Rose Sunday" it is usually this Sunday that is meant. [1] It is also called Mid-Lent Sunday, Mothering Sunday, Mother's Day, and Rose Sunday.
The fourth Sunday in Lent, which marks the halfway point between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, is referred to as Laetare Sunday by Catholics, Anglicans, and many other Christians, because of the traditional Entrance Antiphon of the Mass. Due to the more "joyful" character of the day (since laetare in Latin means "rejoice"), the priest ...
Lent begins 46 days before the Saturday of Easter weekend (Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, March 31, 2024), but is only observed Monday-Saturday each week because every Sunday is viewed as a ...
The meaning of the word "simnel" is unclear: there is a 1226 reference to "bread made into a simnel", which is understood to mean the finest white bread, [19] from the Latin simila, "fine flour" (from which 'semolina' also derives). John de Garlande felt that the word was equivalent to placenta cake, [3] a cake that was intended to please. [20]
Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mother churches, [1] the church where one is baptised and becomes "a child of the church", celebrated since the Middle Ages [2] in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
The colour rose may be used, where it is the practice, on Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent). On Palm Sunday the colour since 1970 is red, by earlier rules violet or purple, with red being used after 1955 for the blessing of the palms.
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